Friday, January 10, 2014

Our walk around Panama City

When going to a new country you inevitably wonder about the things that will and will not be available to you there.  Panama invokes visions of jungles, wild animals, huts?, and sandy beaches.  As it turns out, it is also home to HP, Quiznos, Office Depot, McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut, Do-It-Center, and places that are not Costco, Best Buy, or Walgreens but are dead-ringers for them!

The closest grocery store is called Rey's... and it is nicer and more well-stocked than Albertsons.  It has a coffee bar, too.

There are about a million banks here as well so no shortage of available ATMs.

We awoke from our slumber at about 1pm to the sound of mariachi music echoing through the apartments and streets.  We are definitely in Panama! So we ventured out into the city.  Is this what you think of when you think of Panama?




Panama does have many upscale stores... Rolex, Hugo Boss, LaCoste. Missoni, and then there's this:



Our friend and brother took us for a walk around the city this night as well...



We ate some great pizza and then sneaked up to the 62nd floor of the Hard Rock Hotel (they have Bon Jovi's original golf pants!!) for a nighttime view of Panama City:

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  1. UnknownJanuary 20, 2014 at 12:52 PM

    That twisted cork-screw building is really amazing, what is housed in that building!!

    I see short-sleeved shirts on everyone, and that makes me happy, because it is 28 degrees here in MA today, and I am looking forward to that warm weather!

    So happy to see that you were able to link up with Jon - he is fabulously entertaining as well as spiritually upbuilding to be around. We miss him in our congregation, but know he is doing wonderful things out there!!

    Oh, and I simply MUST shop at that "snob" store, just so I can get a bag with the name of the store on it! :-)

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